Web design best practices are constantly adapting and changing. In order to keep up with these changes, we are always in search of improvements to our processes and best-in-class tools. The tools we use every day help keep our digital marketing agency running efficiently and delivering high-quality results to our clients. We’ve put together a list of the best professional web design software tools and resources available today.
Project Management
Teamwork
Our projects and tasks are all managed through Teamwork project management software. When we need to keep communication specific to a task, we add it in Teamwork as a comment to the relevant task to keep everything in context. This is a valuable tool to get the job done and ensure our projects are on track.
Team Communication
Slack
Long before recent global events, we have a virtual team. Slack is a communication messaging tool that allows our team to stay in touch with each other throughout the day.
Google Drive
Google Drive allows us to collaborate in real-time on editing documents and spreadsheets with our team and with our clients. It’s easy to use and free.
Zoom
Zoom is our choice for video conference calling.
LastPass
Many people use the same password for most of their online accounts. You should always use complex and different passwords on your accounts. LastPass makes password management easy as it integratess with your web browser so you only ever have to remember one password to unlock all your other passwords.
Product & Service Delivery
WordPress
We build websites for our clients and WordPress is one of our most useful tools to help us deliver serious results for our clients. From adding new content, to quickly adding new features, and keeping the website looking fresh with new designs, WordPress is our go-to platform for creating beautiful websites that help build successful businesses.
Canva
Great for social posts.
Photoshop
Simply the best for editing photos and graphics.
Illustrator
Vector illustration software we use to create logos, illustrations, and vector images.
Sublime Text Editor
Simple to use code editor with code completion. Very lightweight and simple application that gets the job done when we’re editing our code editing.
Uptimerobot
We use Uptimerobot to monitor the websites we care for and to see when they go down and for how long.
Gtmetrix
We use Gtmetrix to check on website speed. It also gives us valuable insights on how to speed your site up.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics gives us insights into what is happening on your website. Essential for any website owner.
Blogvault
This allows us to manage multiple WordPress sites from a central dashboard.
Kinsta
Fantastic value shared hosting. After trying many, many web-hosting providers, we’ve settled on Kinsta as the best value, best supported and best performing shared web host out there. Check out all the great features at Kinsta.
Siteground
Managed WordPress hosting to keep your site running as fast as possible with minimal downtime for businesses on a budget. Check out Siteground features and pricing.
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